Improvement in liquid-flasks



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Patented May 30,187I.

V Q'Sheeiv-Shet vHENRY W. DEE.

Improvement in Liquid-Flasks.

115,283., Patented May30,1871

AM, PHarawmosmPH/c m1. N. x (assumvf's Moussa) t nexed-that is to say:

g `My invention relates 1 apparatus which can be fitted to iiasks, bot- 11. :tles, jars, and 'othervessels,.whereby the liql ,uid contents can readily be withdrawn'. The it y apparatus can `also act as a stopper to prevent i l escape of the liquid whenthe contents are not required to be drawn off. Theinvention con-V sists in `fitting tWot-ubes, one within the other, in the `neckor body of a liask, bottle, jar, or y i other vessel or pipe in whichliquids are placed. l `The outer tube is perforated at its lower end, y and the :inner tube, packed `or not, is free to 1 `be drawn up and down inthe outer one to unlcover or cover the perforations.

`tube is `open at both ends, while the outer tube is closed at its lower end with the exception of the perforations before spoken of. When 1 ftlie inner tube is pushed down the perforations @are covered `and escape of the liquid is pre- 1 vented.. The apparatus is applicable to bot- U tles or vessels containing effervescing or other l drinks, `and can be tted in the side, body, or 1 the neck, or in the stopper, as found most convenient. When the apparatus is used with 1 scent-bottles the innentube need only be drawn w out to uncover some of the holes, and the boti, Qtle shaken to sprinkle the liquid.

y''Nrrnn STATES PATENT @Prien `HENRY WILLIAM DEE, or LONDON, ENGLAND.

p f|MlRcvi-:MENT IN LIQUID-FLASKS.

i Specification forming part of `Letters Patent No. 115,283, dated May 30, 1871i.

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known thatI, HENRY WILLIA'MDEE,

nids from Flasks, Bottles, Jars, and other Ves- 'sels and Pipes,77 which improvements I believe `j 1 will beof great public utility 5' that I am the o inventor thereof, and that the following is a full, true, and exact description thereof, reference being had to the drawing hereunto anto certain improved The inner Figure 1 of the accompanyingdrawing is a `view of ardrinkingllask,"V a., withmy improved .g .apparatus tted in the ordinary screw cap or stopper. It consists, asl before stated, of two V tubes, b and c, one, b, being free to slide with- `in the other to uncover openings in the lower y end of the outer one, c, Figs. 2 and 3 are @fviews of the inner tube b, which is opemat both ends.

The upper part of it is formed with :l a bulb, d, to serve as a mouth-piece or outlet 1p l `for the liquid whenit is necessary to withdraw .g the contents `from the liask. Fig. 4 is a detaclied view of the outer tube c with the perforations f, before mentioned. The cap gis threaded on the interior, and takes over the neck or mouth h of the flask, as will be understood by referring to Fig. 5, which represents a sectional view ofthe ilask shown at Fig. 1. It

` is not at all essential that the apparatus should be connected with the stopper, as it can be arranged and soldered or otherwise secured to the side wall of the ask, as shown at Fig. 6.`

Here the lower end of the outer tube is curved and forms a communication with the interior of the flask; by this means the liquid can be inserted through the ordinary neck b, and then securely stoppered by screwing cap g on. Fig. 7 shows the apparatus applied to the inside of the narrowed wall of a flask, in contradistinction to the outsideV arrangement shown in the previous ligure. These examples are sufficient to show that I ain not confined to fitting the apparatus to the cap or stopper. In some cases I groove, reducein diameter, or form channels z' in the outside ofthe inner tube, as shown in Fig 8, to act as air-passages to the inside of the flask through the slits j j, these being made at suitable distances apart to suit the height of liquid therein.

In the foregoing views I have shown separate square flasks with the corners rounded, and such as are made in silver or other metal; but the apparatusis applicable for glass and other flasks or bottles. In Fig. 9 I have shown a glass dram-bottle or pocketpistol, with an additional opening o'n the shoulder k, through which the apparatus is passed and held secure by a cork or other stopperLthe ordinary cork being employed for the central opening or neck h. I.

The invention before shown will be found of service for huntsmen and other persons on horseback, as the inner tube can be easily raised by the lingers to uncover the perfora tions, when, by raising the flask by the same hand, the contents can be withdrawn with facility,thus leaving the other hand free for hold- `ing the reins to guide the horse in any direction while the rider is drinking, and without interfering with the ordinary cork or stopper. The invention is applicable to all vessels from which water or other liquid has to be drawn, and in order to show how I propose to arrange it to water-supply pipes for domestic purposes I have in Fig. fl) shown one of them. .The inner end of the outer tube, which is perforated, has an outer cap or shield to form a waterspace between them, and leading vfrom the main supply-pipe, to which it is to be connected by screws passing through the dan ge Z. The outer end of the inner Atube is bent and forms a nozzle, which not only directs the water in a downward direction for illing a bucket or other vessel, but it serves for a gripe for the 1in gers to pull it out by to uncover the perforations and permit the water to flow. In order to prevent the inner tube being pulled out too far I have fitted it with a pin, m, to ride in the slot a, the length of the slot being made to correspond with the space occupied by the perforations. This plan also prevents the tube being turned. In order to prevent leakage be tween the tubes under the pressure of the head ot'liquid, I sometimes use a packing of some kind 5 and this may be arranged in a rin ggroove in the outer tube in a similar manner as the cupped ring of a hydraulic-ram cylinder 5 or the inner tube may have a packing-ring on it, as shown at p in Fig. 3.

I do not claim, broadly, registering concentric and adjustable tubes, the outer tube rigidly connected with the top of a `vessel and the inner capped; but

The exterior tube o, perforated near its base with its annular interiorly-threaded screw-cap g, through which ascends the interior tube I1, terminating in a mouth-piece or handle, all substantially as and for the purpose hereinset forth. y

In witness whereof I have hereunto set my hand this second day of March, one thousand eight hundred land seventy-one.

Il. NV. DEE.

Witnesses:

E. M. DANIEL,

166 Fleet street, London. T. B. JENKINS,

S Sherwood street. 

